# Kids have too much homework! Hasn’t this argument been around forever? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 17, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-too-much-homework-hasn-t-this-argument-been-around-forever/942326 "2021-05-17T22:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 95
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-too-much-homework-hasn-t-this-argument-been-around-forever/942326/95 "2021-05-19T19:47:28Z")
> [@ElDeLuxo](#): > > Any amount of homework is too damned much, and that goes double for summer vacation required reading (an appalling practice which was unheard of until quite recently). Lol, good thing you weren’t around when I posted the following: > [@What do you do to keep your kids "educated" during the summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-to-keep-your-kids-educated-during-the-summer/542331): > > We’re sending Sophie to the San Antonio Academy for the following camps/classes: Chess Etiquette (something inspired by a recent trip to England, where Sophie wasn’t just the loudest person in restaurants, she was the loudest person on the subway!) Math Mania (refresher course, plus 3rd-4th grade level concepts) Archaeology (spelling!?) Reading Writing Lego Factory (engineering concepts using Legos) And of course there’s the usual piano lessons - now beginning year 2! And the summer reading l… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-too-much-homework-hasn-t-this-argument-been-around-forever/942326)._